Jamamadi

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Jamamadí
Total population
882 (in 2010)
Banawá people

The Jamamadí, also called the Yamamadi, Kanamanti, Jeoromitxi, Kapaná, and Kapinamari, are an indigenous people who live in Acre and Amazonas, Brazil.

They speak the

rubber booms of the 19th century brought non-Natives into their territory.[1]

They are a sedentary people, who hunt, gather, farm, fish, and sell handicrafts for subsistence.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Jamamadi." Povos Indígenas no Brazil. (retrieved 20 Feb 2011)
  2. ^ "Indigenous Communities from Brazil: Jamamadi." Native Planet. (retrieved 20 Feb 2011)

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